Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Black Vulture*
Id (Atlas):
Coragyps atratus
Description (10 )
Black Vulture
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Other Names (World)
American Black Vulture, Black Vulture
Family
Cathartidae (New World Vultures)
Size
56 - 74 cm
Wingspan: 133 - 160 cm
First Described (Guide )
(Bechstein, 1783)
Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay (B), USA (B), Venezuela.
Vagrant to Anguilla, Antigua And Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico (B), St Kitts And Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and The Grenadines.
Population
Estimated population is 20,000,000 (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (15)... )
Listen to XC428767
Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus ) [XC428767 ]
by Jerome Fischer from Ca\u00f1ete, Arauco, Regi\u00f3n del B\u00edo B\u00edo, Chile (call)
Listen to XC315319
Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus ) [XC315319 ]
by GABRIEL LEITE from Black Point Wildlife Drive, Merritt Island NWR, Florida, United States (call)
Subspecies
Affinities unclear. May be better considered monotypic, as validity of subspecies doubtful.
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
atratus (Bechstein, 1783) - Southern USA and northern Mexico.
brasiliensis (Bonaparte, 1850) - Central America and northern and eastern South America.
foetens (Lichtenstein, 1817) - Western South America.
References
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Files:
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For more information about the Black Vulture see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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